DRAMA PROJECT
Fresh Arts Theatre School have been running classes on Saturdays since 2009. Across all our classes on the weekend, the children have three sessions: Speech & Drama, Singing & Music, and Dance & Movement. At the end of each term, we have an informal parent sharing but during our Spring Term we usually put on a performance choosing a hit musical or a play created by us.
In the Summer term we incorporate LAMDA exams in our drama sessions and in the Autumn, we incorporate LCM musical theatre exams in the singing classes. The exams are not compulsory but it’s a great, fun way to build confidence and get a recognised certification in which the higher grades give UCAS points for university. We also have an Agency for all our children to participate in auditions.
classes
Our Infants classes are for children between reception and year 2. These classes are especially designed for this age group to build confidence, self esteem and performance skills. The children have lots of fun exploring performing arts and making new friends and are encouraged to express themselves in each lesson. During the classes children learn poems, scripts and songs, do role play and learn dance routines and warm ups.
Our Juniors classes are for children between year 3 and 7. These classes are especially designed for this age group to build confidence and self esteem and performance skills. In the juniors class students begin to develop their performance skills further with professional performers who have trained at specialist drama or music conservatoires.
Our Seniors classes are for students aged 12+. These are fun, professionally based sessions to refine children’s skills and to develop them into well rounded individuals. They cover script work, devising and improvisation; singing warmups, breathing, vocal exercises and learning repertoire from different time periods; dance warmups, musical theatre and street dance routines, toning and drills. We believe that the skills learnt at this age set children up in good stead for all future life choices and not just careers in the arts.
lcm exams
In the Autumn term we prepare students for annual London College of Music (LCM) Examinations in Music Theatre. These examinations help students to gain confidence in musical performance and singing. There are eight graded LCM Music Theatre Examinations and two introductory levels. We enter students from age four upwards to a level that best suits their ability and age. We have found that preparing for these examinations helps our students to grow in confidence, presentation skills and to improve both their singing and dance skills.
lamda exams
In the Summer Term we prepare children for annual London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) examinations. This preparation is a fantastic way to increase the confidence, speaking skills, expression, and performance skills of children from age four upwards. At Fresh Arts Theatre School we prepare all children for the Speaking of Verse and Prose Syllabus, Acting and Public Speaking. This exposes children to literature and poetry and is a great way to deepen their engagement with text in a fun way.
Key features of the preparation are encouraging students to speak audibly, to speak with expression and in an interesting way, and to share the text that they have learnt in an engaging way with an audience. Students also answer questions in the form of a discussion.
online schools
If you would like your school to participate in this programme remotely from January 2023, please let us know. Classes will participate in 20 weekly creative sessions designed to help children boost wellbeing and solve problems. There are videos and lesson plans to walk you through all of the activities.
our projects
The Bounce Drama Project funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation aims to boost children’s knowledge around mental wellbeing through drama and the arts. We will be focusing on the Units: All About Me, Emotions and Happy Healthy Habits to support the PSHCE curriculum. The Bounce Drama Project is a blended live and digital project for lower Key Stage 2. The sessions aim to build children’s vocabulary around wellbeing and ability to express themselves, confidence, self-esteem, resilience and problem-solving skills.
Through the programme give children opportunities to build a toolbox of skills which will support their wellbeing.
online schools
If you would like your school to participate in this programme remotely from January 2023, please let us know. Classes will participate in 20 weekly creative sessions designed to help children boost wellbeing and solve problems. There are videos and lesson plans to walk you through all of the activities.
for schools
We are delivering live sessions in schools from Autumn 2022 if you would like to be one of our school partners, please email us via our contact page.
understanding the world
Participation in Drama Frogs helps children to make sense of their physical world and their community through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, and the environment through dramatic play and exploration of different stories and themes. Dancing Frogs is linked into different themes and children have the chance to learn dances from different cultures and learn about different styles of dance.
our projects
The Bounce Drama Project funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation aims to boost children’s knowledge around mental wellbeing through drama and the arts. We will be focusing on the Units: All About Me, Emotions and Happy Healthy Habits to support the PSHCE curriculum. The Bounce Drama Project is a blended live and digital project for lower Key Stage 2. The sessions aim to build children’s vocabulary around wellbeing and ability to express themselves, confidence, self-esteem, resilience and problem-solving skills.
Through the programme give children opportunities to build a toolbox of skills which will support their wellbeing.
for schools
We are delivering live sessions in schools from Autumn 2022 if you would like to be one of our school partners, please email us via our contact page.
